Here are many coronavirus crowns can live on your face mask

A new study shows why handling your mask correctly after wear is so important.


There are significant evidence that wearing a fabric mask or face coating can reduce the propagation of COVID-19. It is a minor disadvantage that can literally save lives. ThroughVanity fair, a group of researchers led by the main architect and computerKai, PhD, MBA, created statistical models based on different percentages of the populationWear masks in public, resulting in an article they submitted to several journals. They found that with 80% of people wearing masks, the CVIV-19 infection rate would theoretically be one twelfth of what it would be if anyone did. However, the proper use of masks and face coatings involves taking certain precautions. Coronavirus particles can live on your face mask, as they can onOther surfaces. Here's what you need to know about their viability.

On May 15, the Italian Higher Institute of Health (ISS) issued guidelines for the port and masks cleaning that indicate that the virus provokes that Covid-19 canlive inside a mask for four days. Particles can stay on theOutside for seven days, which is consistent with other research on the subject published byThe lancetAt the beginning of April.

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Coronavirus particles could end outside your mask if you are less than six feet from an infected person or air particles land on it. It's not scary and in itself - it means that your mask did its job. And there may be coronavirus particles inside your mask without knowing because you are an asymptomatic medium of the disease. In this case, your mask protected those around you. What happens next is just as important.

EpidemiologistPaolo d'Ancona, from the ISS, said HuffPost Italy that theparticles living on masks are not necessarily transmissible. It depends on the quantity and environmental conditions - high humidity and lower temperatures are more welcoming on coronavirus. However, especially because there are always so many things that are unknown on how the Diffuse-d'Onona disease preach evidence when managing worn masks. NotReuse disposable masks, andWash your fabric masks Immediately after worn. The epidemiologist even warns that you should not leave a mask used touch furniture in your home before throwing it into washing. You must try only to touch the elastic straps of the mask with your fingers and always wash my hands after getting off.

By wearing a mask every time you leave your house and especially in places where appropriate social distancing is not possible, you stop mainly Covid-19 in its tracks. Then you can keep your home and your family safe by properly treating your used masks, disposable or otherwise. And for more security advice, see7 things you should never do with your face mask.

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